Scrumhalf in a sentence

Cam Roigard earned a spot on the bench as backup to scrumhalf Aaron Smith after a brilliant performance in New Zealand's 71-3 win over Namibia in the second pool game.

Down 19-3 at the break the Lions found some of their voice in the second half, in part thanks to substitute scrumhalf Morne van den Berg.

Flyhalf Manie Libbok also starts again, with Faf de Klerk resuming at scrumhalf in a new halfback pairing.

In-form Lions scrumhalf Sanele Nohamba is hoping to continue his impressive recent showings and help them upset home favourites Glasgow Warriors in their quarterfinal in Scotland on Saturday night.

Jasper Wiese takes over at number eight from 37-year-old Duane Vermeulen, who drops to the bench, but the rest of the pack remains the same with the only backs among the replacements scrumhalf Grant Williams and Le Roux.

Lions scrumhalf Sanele Nohamba is thriving at the union and put in a starring performance to help them snap a 10 game losing streak against South African teams in the United Rugby Championship (URC) as they beat the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday.

SA will play their own game and not make plans around the potential of France captain Antoine Dupont starting in their Rugby World Cup quarterfinal in Paris on Sunday, says Springbok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk.

Scrumhalf Issak Fines won a crucial penalty at the breakdown to give the Force good field position, and although Bryce Hegarty’s 45-metre penalty attempt in the 79th minute missed, the home side kept pushing.

Sparks will fly when livewire Stormers scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies and Munster’s Conor Murray come face-to-face in a confrontation for supremacy in the United Rugby Championship final in Cape Town on Saturday.

Springbok scrumhalf turned wing, Grant Williams, isn’t bothered about what position he plays in as long as he is able to contribute to the team.

The former Scottish rugby player, and father to Munster scrumhalf Jack Oliver, lost his life in a fatal paragliding accident while visiting South Africa for the World Rugby U20 Championship.

The third try soon after was almost too easy when Iain Henderson picked up the ball after scrumhalf Jamison Gibson-Park was held up on the line, and burrowed over.

Perenara is replaced at scrumhalf by Cortez Ratima, who gets only his second start for the All Blacks, while Wallace Sititi, who made his debut in July, takes the place of Blackadder on the blindside of the scrum.

The Illawarra scrumhalf successfully slotted it from virtually right in front to secure a share of the title.

A loose pass by scrumhalf Faf de Klerk was hacked on by New Zealand flyhalf Richie Mo’unga, who regathered and was caught in front of the posts by South Africa wing Makazole Mpimpi.

Early in the half scrumhalf Jaden Collaros ran 20m through the defence to score and Cross’ conversion saw Pretoria increasing their lead to 19-11.

Hansen expected Ireland to play to their strengths -- controlling the ball and using scrumhalf Conor Murray to put pressure on the All Blacks' back three with his tactical kicking.

It could have been a more convincing win but France does not do cruise control anymore — even after fine tries from center Gaël Fickou and bustling scrumhalf Antoine Dupont.

It is a point scrumhalf Faf de Klerk felt fit to highlight.

Right winger Damian Penaud thought he had a try when he collected replacement scrumhalf Antoine Dupont’s short pass and went over in the right corner.